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__ This week - Begin Short Story Unit __

 * ==//Think of all the stories you hear or tell others during the course of a day. Think of how our lives are made up of little stories or episodes, things we recount to others.//==
 * ==//Short story writers craft stories based on people, places and events they have heard about or experienced themselves. In this unit, we will examine some classic short stories.//==

__Focus Activity Wednesday:__

 * === Journal Assignment (Wednesday): Describe a story you have told today or story someone has told you about this past week or weekend.===
 * === Pair/share: Swap your journal with your neighbor. Read the journal writing. See if the following was included: beginning/middle/end, where and when, who was involved, and what happened.===

__Focus Activity Thursday:__

 * === Journal - Continue building your character using the picture (magazine). Concentrate on ===

__Focus Activity Friday:__

 * === Journal - Continue building your character using the picture (magazine). Concentrate on ===

**Helpful Links for Short Story Unit:**
Short Story Tips: [|Short Stories: Ten Tips] Story openers: [|Short Story Openers] Short Stories: [|The Genres of Short Stories: Am Lit] How to Write a Short Story: [|Tips for Writing Short Stories]
 * VirtuaLit: [|Interactive Tutorials - Elements of Fiction]**

More study on "The Story of the Hour" by Chopin [|Chopin short story]